Vehicle tire and rim.



v PATENTED JULY 18, 1905.

I'. A. SEIBERLING. VEHICLE TIRE AND RIM.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1904.

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Patented July 18, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK A. SEIBERLING, OF AKRON, OHIO.

VEHICLE TIRE AND RINI.

SPECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 794,815, dated July 18,1905.

Application filed September 19, 1904:. Serial No. 225,100.

To (all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that l, FRANK A. SEIBERLING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Vehicle Tires and Rims`of which the following is a complete specification.

My inventionl relates to the application of cushioned tires towheel-rims and devices for detachably retaining them.

The objects of this invention are to so combine a cushion-tire andwheel-rim that the tire will at all times be firmly held in position andsecured etl'ectually against creeping or other displacement and toprovide a device for securely uniting the tire and rim together, so thatthe tire may be readily placed in position at any time and readilyremoved from its seat for the purposes of repair or replacement; and afurther object is to so construct the tire-retaining mechanism that whenbeing placed in position in conjunction with a tire it will have thefunction of drawing the tire downward firmly upon the base-rim, uponwhich it will seat. 1n accomplishing these objects l utilize threeinstrumentalities--tirst, an elastic or cushioned tire; secondly, a baseor seat therefor, and` thirdly, contractible or retaining means whoseoffice is to draw the tire firmly to the seat and then lock it inposition, so as' to firmly secure it against circumferential motion andyet permit the tire to be capable of a ready removal from connectionwith the retaining means, to the end that it may be easily repaired orreplaced either in part or in whole.

To the accomplishment of the aforesaid objects my invention consists inthe novel and peculiar construction, arrangement, and combination ofparts hereinafter described, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part hereof.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar reference-numeralsindicate like parts in the different figures, Figure 1 is a transversesection of a wheel rim and tire at the line X of Fig. 2; and Fig. 2 anelevation of the tire,y

is mounted a band or base-rim 2. Arranged to be mounted upon the outsideperiphery of the base-rim 2 and near its outer sides are twocontractible bands 3, with relatively vertical outside edges and withapproximately flat upper faces, the upper and outside edges beingpreferably joined by a curvilinear portion. The inner sides of thesebands 3 are concaved and are gradually sloped to the baserim 2,-theupper portion thereof joining the upper portion of the bands with arounded surface, for the reason that they are intended to engage thecushioned tire, and to avoid a tendency to cut and wear the same aremade with as little sharpness as possible.

The bottom face of the bands 3 are preferably provided with projectingcircumferential ridges 4, which are adapted and arranged to entergrooves on the outer surface of the band 2, and thereby form a securingmeans against lateral or sidewise displacement. I do not, however, wishto confine myself to the fact of placing the ridges 4 on the bands 3,'as it is within the scope of my invention to place a ridge or rib uponthe base-rim 2 and an indentation in the bands 3, or there may be, infact, other desired or preferred coperating means employed to insureagainst a lateral or sidewise displacement of these bands 3. These bands3 are made in a single piece and are bent into a circular form of anyradius to effectually seat on the base-rim 2 and leave a slight spacebetween their otherwise abutting ends. In the ends of these bands areplaced right and left threaded studs 5, and these are secured in theends of an ordinary turnbuclzle 6, by which the ends of the bands 3 aredrawn toward and forced from each other tol provide for theircontraction upon the base-rim 2 and release therefrom.

Mounted upon the base-rim 2 is a solid elastic or cushioned tire 7,having any required or preferred tread conformation, with eX- tendedside ridges near its base integral with the body 'of the tire and havingpreferably transverse to its longitudinal axis aseries of bars or rods8, so placed that their ends extend into the side ridges near the baseof the tire, but are included in the rubber, so that a body of rubberexists above and below them and TOO keeps them from vertical contactwith the bands 3. If it is found that other means are preferable to theuse of the transverse rods or bars 8 for stifl'eningthe base portion ofthe tire 7 such as a series of strips of duck or canvas or the making ofthe base portion of a composition that will vulcanize relatively lrelatively no difficulty When the bands shown herein are used, for thereason that their concave inner faces can .readily be forced over thelateral ridges of the tire and their contraction on the base-rimsuccessfully attained by the simple manipulation of the turnbuckles tobring them to perfect cooperation with'the base-rim, thereby avoidingthe usually difficult task, first, of stretching the tires over a sideflange to cause them to properly seat Where endless tires are employed;secondly, straining and brazing longitudinal Wires Where they are usedas a fastening means, and, thirdly, the accurate placing of transversebolts where annular side ianges are bolted to the. felly as atire-retaining means. It will be thus seen that in addition to the novelstructure herein presented the ease and simplicity of its use in theplacement and removal of the tires for any purpose becomes a distinctfactor in recommending its employment.

What I claim is# v 1. The combination with a base-rim, of contractiblebands having inturned hook-shaped sides, cooperating means on said rimand bands to prevent lateral displacement of said bands, and an elastictire with side vridges to enter said bands having embedded transverserods or bars extending into the ridges of said tire and under theoverhanging portions of said bands substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination with a base-rim on the felly of a vehicle-Wheel, ofan elastic tire to seat on said rim having lateral ridges, embeddedtransverse rods or bars in said ytire projecting into said ridges, bandscapable of contraction and expansion arranged to engage said ridges andforce said tire onto said rim and cooperating means on said bands andrim to prevent lateral movement of Isaid bands.

3. A vehicle Wheel-cushioning means involving three instrumentalities,first an elastic tire with laterally-projecting integral members andtransverse embedded rods or bars extending into said members, secondly abaserim on the Wheel-felly, and thirdly a pair of contractible bandsarranged to engage said members of said tire and having means tocooperate With means on said rim to prevent their lateral displacement.

4. The combination with a Wheel-rim, of an elasticptire mounted thereon,having a smooth outer face throughout and further provided with alaterally-extending ridge on each side, transversely-extending rodsembedded in the base of the tire and terminating into said ridges at apoint removed from the periphery thereof, and contractible, expansibleand detachable bands mountedupon said rim and adapted to engage andcompress the ridges of the tire for retaining the latter in position.

5. The combination with a wheel-rim, of an elastic tire mounted thereon,having a smooth outer face throughout and further provided with alaterally-extending ridge on each side, transversely-extending rodsembedded in the base of the tire and terminating into said ridges at apoint removed from the periphery thereof, contractible, expansible anddetachable bands mounted upon said rim and adapted to engage andcompress the ridges of the tire for retaining the latter in position,and means carried by the bands and coperating with means provided on therim for preventing lateral movement of said bands.

In testimony that I claim the above I hereunto set my hand in thepresence of two snbscribing Witnesses.

` v FRANK A. SEIBERLING.

In presence of- C. E. BINGHAM, C. E. HUMPHREY.

